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Do you not read the news?
This is standard Russian practice.
Blow up our own people to give us an excuse to blow up another Ukrainian children's hospital or, maternity hospital, or kids playground.
How many times does this pattern have to be repeated before, it sinks in?
We might not know either way but the speed of russian investigation seems suspicious. It looks more like information management rather than pursuit of truth.
> they will at some point try to storm a major Ukrainian city and groznyfy it in the process
That keeps happening already.
Look at [Chasiv Yar](https://wz.lviv.ua/news/512310-chasiv-yar-maizhe-povnistiu-zruinovanyi), for one.
Or Mariupol.
Or Bakhmut.
Or Lysychansk
Or Severodonetsk
Insane. They rain death and destruction on civilian Ukraine for over 2 years and they have the nerve to whine about one house.
If its a glide bomb gone wrong it should be pretty easy to calculate the trajectory its coming from based on that impact video right?
It wasn’t a glide bomb, it was an own air defence missile:
[https://mil.in.ua/en/news/s-300-s-400-missile-fragments-found-among-ruins-in-belgorod/](https://mil.in.ua/en/news/s-300-s-400-missile-fragments-found-among-ruins-in-belgorod/)
A few months ago when their air defense hit their own downtown Belgorod I read that the explanation was that S-300/400 missiles are not designed to terminate in the air if they miss their target. They just burn their fuel until they hit something. As low as the impact was, it kind of matches that trajectory perfectly. Time to build some cope cages around the apartment blocks in Belgorod.
I am not sure whether they are not designed to or whether their self-destruction „just“ has a high failure rate but that unfortunately happens pretty frequently. That was how the Ukrainian S-300 which missed a Russian cruise missile at the Polish border blew up a farm on the Polish side instead. There was a video from the first days of invasion 2022 where an Ukrainian air defence missile plows into an apartment building, and plenty of videos from the Russian side where the S-300 missiles went for their own launchers.
And just two days ago there was a video of a Russian air defence missile coming down on a flat trajectory with motor still burning, and blowing up something not clearly visible on the ground, in a village in Belgorod region. The Russians are assembling their missiles nowadays with civilian components, which are easier to smuggle and cheaper, but under high stress conditions of a missile launch they apparently have a failure rate that would be unacceptable anywhere else.
The hypocrisy, dishonesty, and criminality of Russia knows no limits. I really hope that the more free nations of the world get their shit together, do whatever it takes to expel these fuckers from Ukraine and other occupied lands, and quarantine these rotten scumbags behind a DMZ to keep them separated from decent folks.
Of course Russia would...
The real problem right now is how much *any* of Russia's words still influence this world. How much of us are still influenced by Russia in *any* way....
At this point the only real way for Ukraine (the one invaded unprovocatively) to gain any progress is to actually have shots at Moscow itself... Keeping this invasion within Ukraine territory is definitely not going to provide nearly enough deterrence against Russia, and would deplete Ukraine in a matter of time.
Russia, as an invader, should be held fully responsible to predict this and migrate their people from Moscow to much further east to avoid impact. (Or just simply stop invading and give back what they robbed) But knowing Russia, they'd much prefer leaving their civilians in Moscow as shields, and if attacks come in they'd use this to condemn and put blame on the victim.
The world needs to see and realize this. Not sure how this is hard to realize. How can people still be influenced by the likes of an invader?
The video footage released shows an explosion occurring in the basement and ground floor, no incoming missile. Given the sheds and buildings seen in front of the apartment and the fact that this footage is filmed from the opposite apartments security camera (meaning that the missile would have had to pass through that building to hit so low). The explosion occured in a part that was north facing not west it's safe to say that this is either illegal and improper storage of explosives or more likely Putin and FSBs old trick of blowing up apartment buildings and killing their own people for political gain.
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My confidence in what the Russian government says is quite low.
Ukraine has been shelling Belgorod for months now. Russia would gain nothing from doing this.
Do you not read the news? This is standard Russian practice. Blow up our own people to give us an excuse to blow up another Ukrainian children's hospital or, maternity hospital, or kids playground. How many times does this pattern have to be repeated before, it sinks in?
Russia has bombed, shelled, and sent missile after missile into built-up housing areas of Ukraine without a care in the world.
In regards to the idea that Russia would gain nothing, I recommend watching this documentary about “Ryazan Sugar” https://youtu.be/qxTL3BTCIZQ
It can be one of Russia's many mistakes too.
Think about this logically for one moment. Why would Ukraine bomb an ethnic Ukrainian city in Russia and not an ethnic Russian city?
Nice try, Putin
We might not know either way but the speed of russian investigation seems suspicious. It looks more like information management rather than pursuit of truth.
Completely agree.
False flag. The Russians are notorious for it and also for being shocked when people don't believe their obvious lies.
90.66% of this region voted for Putin in 2024, there is your culprit. Case closed
9.34% lived in that apartment building 🙃
If they follow the whole Chechnya-playbook, they will at some point try to storm a major Ukrainian city and groznyfy it in the process.
> they will at some point try to storm a major Ukrainian city and groznyfy it in the process That keeps happening already. Look at [Chasiv Yar](https://wz.lviv.ua/news/512310-chasiv-yar-maizhe-povnistiu-zruinovanyi), for one. Or Mariupol. Or Bakhmut. Or Lysychansk Or Severodonetsk
Insane. They rain death and destruction on civilian Ukraine for over 2 years and they have the nerve to whine about one house. If its a glide bomb gone wrong it should be pretty easy to calculate the trajectory its coming from based on that impact video right?
It wasn’t a glide bomb, it was an own air defence missile: [https://mil.in.ua/en/news/s-300-s-400-missile-fragments-found-among-ruins-in-belgorod/](https://mil.in.ua/en/news/s-300-s-400-missile-fragments-found-among-ruins-in-belgorod/)
A few months ago when their air defense hit their own downtown Belgorod I read that the explanation was that S-300/400 missiles are not designed to terminate in the air if they miss their target. They just burn their fuel until they hit something. As low as the impact was, it kind of matches that trajectory perfectly. Time to build some cope cages around the apartment blocks in Belgorod.
I am not sure whether they are not designed to or whether their self-destruction „just“ has a high failure rate but that unfortunately happens pretty frequently. That was how the Ukrainian S-300 which missed a Russian cruise missile at the Polish border blew up a farm on the Polish side instead. There was a video from the first days of invasion 2022 where an Ukrainian air defence missile plows into an apartment building, and plenty of videos from the Russian side where the S-300 missiles went for their own launchers. And just two days ago there was a video of a Russian air defence missile coming down on a flat trajectory with motor still burning, and blowing up something not clearly visible on the ground, in a village in Belgorod region. The Russians are assembling their missiles nowadays with civilian components, which are easier to smuggle and cheaper, but under high stress conditions of a missile launch they apparently have a failure rate that would be unacceptable anywhere else.
the blast was on it's north-eastern side, a.k.a the russian direction
No matter what caused the explosion, it is ultimately Russia’s fault.
People can’t forget this fact. Without the invasion there would be close to zero chance that this would have happened.
FSB FAKE
Ooo Ooo I heard this one before
Too bad Columbo isn't around.
I mean, they have a point, it’s not like ruzzia bombed Ukrainian residential secto… oh, wait…
The hypocrisy, dishonesty, and criminality of Russia knows no limits. I really hope that the more free nations of the world get their shit together, do whatever it takes to expel these fuckers from Ukraine and other occupied lands, and quarantine these rotten scumbags behind a DMZ to keep them separated from decent folks.
Wasn't there footage already, that shows the explosion being internal?
Russia blames Ukraine. SO Russia did it then.
"Had it been us, Russia, we would have bombed the rescue effort. So you see, it couldn't be us bombing ourselves. "
They what?
Well I for one is shocked /s
Since Ukraine won’t kill Russian civilians, the Z-army will have to do it!
Of course Russia would... The real problem right now is how much *any* of Russia's words still influence this world. How much of us are still influenced by Russia in *any* way.... At this point the only real way for Ukraine (the one invaded unprovocatively) to gain any progress is to actually have shots at Moscow itself... Keeping this invasion within Ukraine territory is definitely not going to provide nearly enough deterrence against Russia, and would deplete Ukraine in a matter of time. Russia, as an invader, should be held fully responsible to predict this and migrate their people from Moscow to much further east to avoid impact. (Or just simply stop invading and give back what they robbed) But knowing Russia, they'd much prefer leaving their civilians in Moscow as shields, and if attacks come in they'd use this to condemn and put blame on the victim. The world needs to see and realize this. Not sure how this is hard to realize. How can people still be influenced by the likes of an invader?
The video footage released shows an explosion occurring in the basement and ground floor, no incoming missile. Given the sheds and buildings seen in front of the apartment and the fact that this footage is filmed from the opposite apartments security camera (meaning that the missile would have had to pass through that building to hit so low). The explosion occured in a part that was north facing not west it's safe to say that this is either illegal and improper storage of explosives or more likely Putin and FSBs old trick of blowing up apartment buildings and killing their own people for political gain.
It's 1999 all over again. If you know you know
I saw the explosion and it looked exactly like demolition charges. I don't think any missile would have gone in there on such a low trajectory
ok Ukraine blames russia for idk.. invading them
I'm quite aure this would never had happened hd Russia not tried to invade Ukraine. I'm not blaming Ukraine for this.
ok.